The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

In our weekly column, Quick Bites, we round up the latest developments in the alt-protein and sustainable food industry.

A specimen of a jewelflower (Streptanthus brewerii) from the John M. Tucker Herbarium at UC Davis. Species of jewelflowers are found in areas of California that are generally cooler and wetter than ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

For a decade, scientists have believed that plants sensed temperature mainly through specialized proteins, and mainly at ...

Biological invasions are widely acknowledged as a serious threat to biodiversity, global economies, and a good quality of ...